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GAR GOUPLING. No. 245,766. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPHr W. BATES, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOGEORGE N. OULVER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,766, dated August16, 1881.

Application filed May 2, 1&81. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WILLIAM BATES, of Minneapolis, in the countyof Hennepin, and in the State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gar-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that theIollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', referencebeing` had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in car-couplers; and ithas for its objects to-provide an improved means whereby 'the cars maybeautomatically coupled and uncoupled at will without necessitating theentrance of an employ between the cars, as more fully hereinafterspecified. These objects I attain by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings. in which- Figure l represents a longitudinalsectional view of my improved coupler; Fig. 2, a horizontal longitudinalsection, and Fig. 3 an end View of one of the draw-heads.

The letter A indicates the draw-bars, and B the drawheads, securedthereto in any oonvenient manner. 'Ihe said draw-heads are provided withparallel recesses O O at their ends, which are separated by thepartitions D. In the recess at one side of each draw-head is a pivotedlink, E, provided at its outer end with a book, F, adapted to engage theinclined catches G, as shown. The rear ends of the links are weighted,so as to hold the forward ends normally elevated, in order that the 35hooks may properly seize the catch. The links are so arranged relativelythat the free end of the linkin one head will project into the openrecess in the other when the cars are brought together. To the rear endof each 4o link is attached the lower end ot a suitable connection, H,which extends upward and is attached to a lever, I, fulcrnmed to the topor platform of a car, by means of which the links may be elevated attheirrearends to uncouple. 45

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the draw-bars A and the draw-heads B, provided withparallel rc- 5o cesses C O' at theirends, thepivoted, weighted, andhooked links E, adapted to engage the inclined catches Gr, substantiallyas and for the purposes'specilied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 55 in presence ot' twowitnesses, this 2d day of April, 1881.

. J. WV. BATES.

Witnesses:

GEORGE N. CULVEE, JNO. G. WooLLEY.

